One of my mother's sisters got a pressure cooker for a wedding present and the first time she used it she pebble dashed the kitchen ceiling with rice.

I thought beans needed to be boiled for a little while during cooking - otherwise they are somewhat poisonous.

Maybe it is only some types - or maybe only if they were dried - I'll check.

My mum used to make wonderful stew with suet dumplings in her pressure cooker.

Remember that pressure cookers were designed for use with a small heat source - putting them onto a blazing camp fire or barbecue grill will simply result in the seal in the lid being melted. The pressure escaping by blowing globs of burning rubber and embers from the fire is not the recommended method of depressurisation.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: